{"id":13736,"date":"2014-09-23T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T07:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13736"},"modified":"2014-09-23T00:01:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T07:01:03","slug":"open-thread9232014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/23\/open-thread9232014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/23\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 155.  I\u2019m still mourning the defeat of my beloved Broncos at the hands of the evil Seachickens, but at least, when the week is over, my fantasy football team will remain undefeated.  It\u2019s a busy day.  I have to prepare a Treasurer\u2019s Report for my prison volunteer group, edit changes in the Format we use for CoDA meetings, compose a list of recommendations for 2015, and print and collate multiple copies of all.  Then I need to collect files to transfer to my notebook.  Then, of course there is Monday Night Football.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:03 (average 4:16).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A climate-change march that organizers claim was the largest on record is nevertheless unlikely to change the minds of idiots, a survey of America\u2019s idiots reveals.<\/p>\n

Despite bringing attention to a position that is embraced by more than ninety per cent of the world\u2019s scientists, the People\u2019s Climate March, which took place on Sunday in New York City, left a broad majority of the nation\u2019s idiots unconvinced.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, if hundreds of thousands of people want to march about something, it\u2019s a free country,\u201d said Carol Foyler, an idiot from Kenosha, Wisconsin. \u201cBut let me ask them something: if the climate is really getting warmer, why was it so cold up here last winter?\u201d<\/p>\n

Harland Dorrinson, an idiot from Hollywood, Florida, was also unmoved by the message of Sunday\u2019s march. \u201cWhat these marchers don\u2019t realize is that the planet goes through natural cycles of heating and cooling,\u201d he said. \u201cBlaming people for global warming is like blaming dinosaurs for the ice age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Skepticism about scientists characterized many of the idiots\u2019 remarks, including those of Tracy Klugian, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u201cThose marchers are holding signs that say \u2018Scientists this, scientists that,\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cWell, how can scientists be sure that the Earth was colder thousands of years ago, when no one had invented a thermometer?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

That cuts it. Andy is now reporting news without satire.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>A special Upworthy partnership with the UN Climate Summit 2014<\/a>. Made possible by Unilever Project Sunlight<\/a>. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you have plans Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014? Have a minute to chat with global leaders about the environment? You can join me at the the United Nations from your farm\/office\/bouncy-house\/hot tub. (Seriously!) <\/p>\n

Upworthy will be holding an all-day #UpChat live at the United Nations Climate Summit 2014<\/a>, where global leaders are convening to make decisions about the future of our planet. (How to join? See below!)<\/p>\n

Enough from me, I’ll let Mr. Freeman take it from here…<\/p>\n